Minorca

See also: minorca

English

Alternative forms

• Menorca

Etymology

From Late Latin Minorca, Minorica, from Latin Balearis Minor. Compare Majorca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈnɔː(ɹ)kə/

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Proper noun

Minorca

1. One of the Balearic Islands of Spain.

   Coordinate terms: Ibiza, Formentera, Majorca

Translations

An island of Spain

Arabic: مَنُورَقَة f (manūraqa) Egyptian Arabic: مينوركا f (minurka) Armenian: Մենորկա (Menorka) Basque: Menorca Belarusian: Менорка f (Mjenórka), Мінорка f (Minórka) Bulgarian: Менорка f (Menorka) Catalan: Menorca f Chinese: Mandarin: 梅諾卡島 / 梅诺卡岛 (Méinuòkǎ dǎo) Czech: Menorca (cs) f Danish: Menorca Dutch: Minorca Esperanto: Minorko Estonian: Menorca Finnish: Menorca French: Minorque (fr) f Galician: Menorca (gl) f Georgian: მენორკა (menorḳa) German: Menorca (de) n Greek: Μινόρκα f (Minórka) Hebrew: מנורקה f Hungarian: Menorca (hu) Irish: Mionarca m Italian: Minorca f Japanese: メノルカ島 (menorukatō), ミノルカ島 (minorukatō) Korean: 메노르카 섬 (menoreuka seom) Latin: Balearis Minor Latvian: Menorka f Lithuanian: Menorka f Macedonian: Менорка f (Menorka) Maltese: Minorka Norwegian: Bokmål: Menorca f Nynorsk: Menorca f Occitan: Menòrca f Old Norse: Manork f Persian: مینورکا (fa) (minurkâ) Polish: Minorka (pl) f Portuguese: Minorca (pt) f, Menorca f Romanian: Menorca f Russian: Мено́рка f (Menórka), Мино́рка f (Minórka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Менорка f Roman: Menorca f Slovak: Menorca f Slovene: Menorka f Spanish: Menorca (es) f Swedish: Menorca (sv) Turkish: Minorka Ukrainian: Мено́рка f (Menórka)

Noun

Minorca (plural Minorcas)

1. A domestic chicken of a certain breed originating on the island of Menorca.
   • ”Yet another breed which has fallen from grace, more through unwise breeding than any fault of its own is the Minorca. See ref. p.43.

References

• 1962: C.Arthur Pearson. Pictorial Poultry-Keeping. Cox & Wyman Ltd (2nd ed.)

Further reading

• Menorca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Marcion, Romanic, maricon, moracin

Latin

Proper noun

Minorca

1. Minorca (one of the Balearic Islands)

Descendants

• Catalan: Menorca
• English: Minorca
• French: Minorque
• Portuguese: Minorca
• Spanish: Menorca

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Menorca

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin Minorca, from Latin [īnsula] minor (literally “smaller island”). Compare Maiorca.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔʁ.kɐ/ [miˈnɔh.kɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔʁ.kɐ/ [miˈnɔh.kɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔɾ.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔʁ.kɐ/ [miˈnɔχ.kɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔɻ.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /miˈnɔɾ.kɐ/

Proper noun

Minorca f

1. Minorca (one of the Balearic Islands)